Trains September 2012

Cover Story: Short Distances, Big Opportunity
By Roy Blanchard
Short-distance shuttle trains could carry railroading into the future

Map of the Month: Pittsburgh's Railroads Today
By Bill Metzger
The 'steel city' remains a Northeastern railroad hub

The Alco Doc and His Piano
By Kevin N. Tomasic
Delaware-Lackawanna's chief mechanic fine-tunes an Alco fleet and pounds away on his old upright piano

Submarine Railroading in West Virginia
By Alan Byer
Beech Mountain Railroad tiptoes across the torrent

In My Own Words: Penn Central Cab Ride or a Football Game?
By Francis X. Giacoma
A hotshot sophomore and his buddy take an impromptu cab ride through the Northeast Corridor and make it back by halftime